Support fob botteks fob



G. A. LYON.

SUPPORT FOR BUFFERS FOR MOTOR ems.

APPLICATHJN FILED MAR. 10, 1916- Patented Oct; 21, 1919.

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' drones ALBERT Lion, or PHILADELPHIA, rEm sYLvA'mA, hssrenon 'ro LYon No N SKID coMrAnY, or PHILADELPHIA. riwwsvnvmm. A oonvnnmmn or PENN} 7 sYtvnma F To all 'wkom itmay concerns I Be it knownthat I, (irons-n Anniziir L on, a citizen of the United States,:res1ding in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have. invent-l 5 ed certain Improvem'entsin Supports for "'10 provide for the firm support ofthe' bufifer I uponthe side barsof the car frame irrespective ofithe crossf sectional sha-peor dimen- Sion's of said frame bars, a further object being to provide for. raising and lowering the buffer while still maintainin the rigid support of the same on the frame of the car. In the; accompanying drawing Eigure'lis a sideielevation of a buffer support constructed in accordance with my in-. vention and of part of the frame of the car upon which said support is mounted;

FigsL'Q, 3, Land-5 are similar views illustrating other forms of support in accordance with. my, invention;

Fig. (Sis a transverse section on the line aa, Fig. 1;

s Fig, 7 is a transverse section on the line b-b Fig. 2;

Fig. '8 1s a view, partly in plan and partly in section, onthe line 0-0, Fig 4; Fig. 9 1s a transvcrscse etion on the line d--0Z, Fig. 4; i Fi 10 is a face view of the securing bar Shown in Figs. land 6, and 3,5 Fig. '11 is a view similar to Fig.7, but illustrating a modification of my invention; Figs. 6 to 11 inclusive areon a larger scale than Figs. 1 to 5, inclusive. In the drawing, 1 represents part of one of the side frames of the car. In the buffer support shown in Figs. 1, 6 and 10 of the drawing, theupper and inner sides of the frame 1 are engaged by members 2- and 2" of a right-angled bar :0 and the other sides the members 3and'3 0 a ri ht'-. ngled bolt fy, thelznembers 3 and 3 of said bolt passing, respectively, through-the members-2 and 2 of thebar a: and being threaded for thereceptionof nuts whereby the. member 3 of 1the bolt is .caused'fto exert downward pres-- sure upon the member 2fof'the bar and the. memberfl? of the 'bolt is causedto eizertlateral pressure non the member 2 of said" be bar so as top .nponsaid-bar two Specification of Letters Ilatent. Patented 0313,21, 1919, Y Applicationfiled March 19,1916: seria1 no.ss,275,,

.web 4 are ribbed, grooved, or" otherwise,

of the frame are enga ed respectively by- Y tions'bemg,'1f"des1red, effected by the'in SUPPORT FOR BUFFERS nos. MOTOR-CARS.

rections one at a right angle tofthe other, thereby 'confining'the same firmly to the side frame of-the car irrespective of tlie'ero'ss sectional, shape-and dimensions of said side frame, it being unders'toodjof museum the openings in themembers'of the bar for the passage of, the members of tliebolt are elongated to permit such movement of the. 'bar and boltin respect'to one-fanothera's to provide for the adaptation oflth e' same to ga -frames of different sizes.

Extending upwardly from the member2 of the securing bar at is a web 4, andalong side of'the sameis'loca-tecba rearjvardly extending memlberfl5' ofthe'butfen which may "[0 beof any desired constructioi1, ;si1ch for'in-l stance as that shown atexfli l ,l98, 2 46,

of September 12, 1916. f 1

, The adj oiningfaces of 'themember' '5. and

, 1 roughened, as shown in "sig -10,50 j tlflilb, when the two are drawn together laterally .by' means of a transversebolt '6 and mit' 7 the men'rber 5 of the buffer will be rigidly held in place on the web 4 so 'asto' retain the buffer rigidly in verticalposition, the vertical adjustment of the buffeig however, being permitted by first loosening the nut 7 on the bolt 6 so as to free. the roughened faces of the web 4 and member 5 from engagement with each other, and, after readjustment of the buffer, being again tightened so as to draw these roughened faces again into engagement with ene another.

Instead of employing at-special bar :12

. 9 for securing the rearwardly extendlngmemher 5 of the bufier to the-J'eh-iele frame said member 5 may itselfbe' bent; 'asshown in Figs. 2 and 7, so as to present members-2 and'2 for hearing, respectively,- against the bottom and inner sides of .the frame, said members being slotted for the -'reception of the respective portions 3 and 3 of. the com fining -bolt, and retention ofthe forward bar of the 'bli'ii'er in diflerent'vertical posi- 10 Station, betweenthef members 2' of the bar,

and the under side of the. vehicleiframe, off

a. wedgeshapedfilling "block .8, as shown in Fig. 3. 1

bufi'er bar 5by the formation of'slots therebolts y one in front-an '105' '"In casezit is not 'advisablete weaken the I (1 one the rear of the forward member of the buffer, the mempassing, respectively, through openings'near the ends of bars 9 and 9 bearing, respee-- tively, against the members-2 and 2ofthe .bar 5, as shown in Figs. 4,8 and: 9, and, in order to facilitate vertical adjustment of ber 2" of the bar 5-which bears against the underside of the frame 1 may present aconvex upper surface, as shown in Fig. 5.

In Fig. '11 of the drawing I have show.

tangled bolt having ends projecting through a modification of my invention-in which separate bolts and 10 take the place of the ,an'g'le-bol' g, the heads of these-bolts ene flanges of an angle bar 11' which h'as af earing upon the upper face of the frame bar .1, thebolt 10 serving to i vlpart lateral pressure to the member 2 of/die ef curing bar and; the bolt 10 serving to nnpart 'gpward pressure to the member 2 of said .I claim:

1. Abufi'er support for motor cars com ris- Y ing a Ilgld right'angled bar having mem ers ,to closely engage the top and side faces of the channeled car frame, there being slots in the ends of said members to form slotted substantially rigid ends projecting'beyond 4 the faces of the car frame engaged by said members, a substantially rigid rightangled 1 bolt having ends pro]ecting through the circle the car .frame', an integral projectingcorrugated. web on said bar to project upslotted ends of-said members and closely engaging the other faces of'tlie car frame, co

together so that they conjointly closely en'- prising a bar havin operating'nuts to clamp saidbolt and bar" wardly from-theses! frame and means for detachably and rigidly securing a buffer member, to said web.-

2. A buffer support for motor cars comrising a ripf id right angled bar having members to c osely en ageul ae and side -,faces of the car. frame, there be ng apertures in the ends. of said members to form apertured 'substantially rigid, ends projecting beyond the faces of theerframe engaged by. said members,a substan'tially rigid right the endsof said members ahd closely en'- gaging the other faces of the ear frame, co-

circle the car frame, and means for detachably andrigidly securing a buffer member tosald bar. 7

3. A buffer support for motor cars commembers at an angle toone another and ispose'd on corresponding faces of the car frame, means for exerting lateral pressureupon one member of said bar and vertical pressure upon the other member thereof, a pro ecting web on said bar, a member of the buffer lying alongside of said 'web, and means for rigidly confining'said bufi'er member to said ob.-

,In' testimony whereof, I have. signed my name to this specification, in the presence of tu o subscribing witnesses. 'GEORGEALBERT LYON. Witnesses:

Anrs Meyer, 1 Dno vmorm. 

